Soo,
I recently re-read The Mote In God’s Eye for the first time in about 30 years. Still good!
And then it’s sequel, The Gripping Hand. It got hard for me to follow. But this may be because I’ve trained myself to fall asleep when reading after decades of reading in bed.
I’ve just read Ringworld for the first time. It was quite good, I thought, until it got to the Ringworld.
No shit, I just re-read it as well. I remember it being better.
I’ve read the first 3 ringworld books umpteen times.
I’m doing Peter F. Hamilton’s most recent trilogy, it’s good so far.
I remembered the general gist of the story. I found the Hornblower in space aspect interesting. And comical given social progression over the last 50 years.
There was a bit of chat about electronic vs paper books last week in Gear Grinding, but how about audio books? Any recommendations?
After promising (lying to) myself that I’d try to read more this year I’ve been experimenting with listening to audio books instead of podcasts on my commute with pretty good results. It took an adjustment to get past the idea that my normal inner reading voice is replaced with a foreign voice but I’ve gradually gotten used to it. So far I’ve finished both The Martian and A Psalm for the Wild-built. Already an improvement on last year.
I used to enjoy the bookreading on 2BL about 100 years ago. I have often thought of getting some audiobooks for long drives, just not got round to it yet.
My wife used to enjoy listening to me when I was reading the Hobbit to my son at bedtime.
Something nice about having a book read to you.
I just finished this. Super interesting true story about two guys from Sydney who were tipped off about the existence of one of the world’s greatest wine cellars basically buried under an old winery in Tbilisi. I won’t spoil the ending, but suffice to say their efforts to buy (and sell) it make for a crazy story.
Really interesting yarn… which is much better than the actual writing itself.
Just finished reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Really enjoyed it, highly recommend.
Neeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddd…
Speaking of “Dead Souls”, I caught Annie Jacobsen chatting to Dan Carlin about her uplifting latest work “Nuclear War: A Scenario” which instilled a morbid fascination to check that one out. I’m just over half way through listening to it on Spotify and fuck me, what a depressing prospect.
We all kinda mentally shelved Nuclear Armageddon to back of mind when the wall came down, but the characteristics of some of these weapons - the speed of the ICBMs, the destructiveness and stealth of the subs - create the hyper accelerated scenario where you get cold war era retaliation protocols kicking in resulting in the rashest of decisions being made essentially on the spot. Add in the lunatics in charge of some nuclear armed nations, and it really makes moving to Hobart or the like a very attractive proposition.
Picked this up whilst browsing through a second hand bookstore in the Blue Mountains whilst my biological father was over last month.
Started reading it last night. Actually, pretty informative and interesting. The section on how fucked our World Cup bid was is just outright embarrassing.
Been trying to find Sebbas book for a while, but Amazon don’t have it anymore. Does anybody have an idea where I might find it?
I’ve got Sebbas book on my Amazon account, but I’m not sure how to download it.
I’ve downloaded the app and downloaded the book.
I’m not sure if I can get it out from there. @jubal might have something. Or probably already has the booked ripped.
Picked this up whilst meandering through Westfield Liverpool. Have actually never read it. Seen the movie a couple times, but should be a good book.
Trying to get back into reading nowadays. Absoloute bargain as well.
I don’t mind the Tom Clancy stuff. He has some really good books out there. Get yourself a Kindle though if you’re getting into reading. I find it’s so much easier, travels easier and definitely not as bad on the eyes when i’m reading in bed. Added benefit, no lights to switch off
I’m the complete opposite. Tried a Kindle and absolutely hate it. Feel like I can’t get into the books as easily and the light drives me mad. Nothing beats the feel of physically turning a page IMO. To each their own, I know plenty of people who love a Kindle but nothing will ever beat a book for me. Also, don’t have to worry about forgetting to charge a book!
Only time I’ve enjoyed using a kindle is at sea just because of the practicalities of taking a bunch of books away.
I used the exs kindle when we went to Europe. I think theres something nicer about holding an actual book though. And this was $5, so worth it haha
